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Indifferently, what the hell is your problem? You seem to consider it essential to interrupt every thread you disagree with just to point out that you disagree with it - and you're so completely obsessed with being Anglican that it outweighs your interest in being Christian.

I mean, when your reason for not using prayer beads is them not being in the prayer book, that's weird. And then, when it comes to the difference between you and Fred Phelps of all fucking people, the first reason that springs to mind is "but Phelps doesn't agree with the thirty-nine articles!" WHAT THE HELL IS THAT???

You are INSANE, and need to actually learn that following Jesus has a lot more to it than following the CoE's publications - especially since Jesus couldn't have listed a single one of the fucking thirty-nine.

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The wanker started discussion the titles of Anglican bishops in the latest Presby thread down in Eccles.

Dear Lord, I get my quarterly Eccles Communion and Indifferently starts filling the common cup with backwash.

[Disappointed]

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Here's his go at antisemitism.

And whatever this is.

What a peach.

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And pronouncing "God is Love" after starting a thread bemoaning the de-emphasis on God's Wrath.

Not to mention his intention to "unchurch" the Phelps crowd after assuring us that he doesn't usually "unchurch" people.

and his very special approach to Dead Horses. He's almost as good as Fred Phelps in convincing bigots to change their mind because they don't want to be on the same side of the argument as him

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It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

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quote:
Originally posted by Amos:
It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

His profile says he was born in 1960. Though 1690 would be equally feasible.
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quote:
Originally posted by Zach82:
Here's his go at antisemitism.

And whatever this is.

What a peach.

I think they were posted at about midnight and 2:30 am. Posting while pissed is about as smart as DUI. His latest dig at orfeo on the Russian anti-gay bill thread however was posted mid-afternoon. Maybe too good a lunch?

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I draw your attention to the following theory. It seems to me to explain quite a lot about this particular Shipmate.

"Indifferently" is found in the Book of Common Prayer 1662 version. From Holy Communion

quote:
And grant unto her [i.e. the Queen’s] whole Council, and to all that are put in authority under her, that they may truly and indifferently administer justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of true religion, and virtue.
In context and at the time of original composition, the word meant "impartially". I think our Shipmate is playing on the double meaning that "indifferently" holds today i.e. he is the impartial one AND he is completely indifferent to the opinions of anyone who disagrees with him.

Which of course tends to make attempts at discussion based on viewpoints other than his own just a tad fruitless. Still, his particular brand of reformation seems to keep him happy enough.

Personally, I think he's a bit of a saddo. Kind of "boxed in", really.

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quote:
Originally posted by Amos:
It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

I also got the impression he wasn't serious - I figured he was trolling. Someone who is as fanatical about the Church of England as his posts seem to suggest would surely not give themselves a name like 'indifferently'.

ETA: Ah, I cross-posted with Barnabas62. Maybe then he is serious. He still seems like he is trolling in the way he goes about it though. Maybe he just lacks social interaction skills.

[ 23. June 2013, 22:17: Message edited by: Fineline ]

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I'll bet in real life he's the life of the party, someone everyone wants to be like.

[Roll Eyes]

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That might depend on who else has been invited.

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quote:
Originally posted by Barnabas62:
I draw your attention to the following theory. It seems to me to explain quite a lot about this particular Shipmate.

"Indifferently" is found in the Book of Common Prayer 1662 version. From Holy Communion

quote:
And grant unto her [i.e. the Queen’s] whole Council, and to all that are put in authority under her, that they may truly and indifferently administer justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of true religion, and virtue.
In context and at the time of original composition, the word meant "impartially". I think our Shipmate is playing on the double meaning that "indifferently" holds today i.e. he is the impartial one AND he is completely indifferent to the opinions of anyone who disagrees with him.

Which of course tends to make attempts at discussion based on viewpoints other than his own just a tad fruitless. Still, his particular brand of reformation seems to keep him happy enough.

Personally, I think he's a bit of a saddo. Kind of "boxed in", really.

When I first saw his/her screen name, I thought of a bit in CS Lewis's Prayer: Letters to Malcolm. Lewis is decrying changes to the prayer book, specifically about changing "indifferently" to "impartially". He tells of asking one (1) older man of little education what he thinks "indifferently" means. To Lewis's delight, the old man trots out the old prayer book definition (equivalent to the modern "impartially") and says he doesn't know what the actual word "impartially" means - so Lewis says "see -- we shouldn't mess with the old prayer book, because 'ordinary' people understand it."

Not one of Lewis's finer moments -- he could be quite a doorknob about anything to do with change in the church. Almost as doorknobbish as our friend Indifferently.

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quote:
Originally posted by Amos:
It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

My guess is more along the lines of a cranky old bastard pissed off about things not being as good as they were in the rose-tinted 1950s.

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quote:
Originally posted by Amos:
It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

Means he's a drunk or is peeing around here, though the way you wrote it is strange. We normally say taking a piss for peeing, and being pissed for drunk. What do you mean by it? Posting when drunk?

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quote:
Originally posted by no prophet:
quote:
Originally posted by Amos:
It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

Means he's a drunk or is peeing around here, though the way you wrote it is strange. We normally say taking a piss for peeing, and being pissed for drunk. What do you mean by it? Posting when drunk?
Oh, FFS, let's turn this thread into another discussion of different forms of English. NOT.

Google it, you fucktard.

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quote:
Originally posted by the giant cheeseburger:
quote:
Originally posted by Amos:
It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

My guess is more along the lines of a cranky old bastard pissed off about things not being as good as they were in the rose-tinted 1950s.
1950's?

More like 15 or 1600's.

The question is whether the way the truth and the life begins in 1549, 1552, or 1662.

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quote:
Originally posted by Amos:
It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

Young?
You can almost hear him shouting "Kids! Get off of my lawn (surplice)!"

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Barnabas62
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I wondered about the troll theory, mostly because when I first read his stuff it didn't really gel all that well with the 1662 BCP Anglicans I know. But I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Despite the McEnroe "You can not be serious" thoughts. Trolls are sad too. Just a different kind of sad.

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quote:
Originally posted by Barnabas62:
I wondered about the troll theory, mostly because when I first read his stuff it didn't really gel all that well with the 1662 BCP Anglicans I know. But I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Interesting thought. Different type of lunatic?
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quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
quote:
Originally posted by Zach82:
Here's his go at antisemitism.

And whatever this is.

What a peach.

I think they were posted at about midnight and 2:30 am. Posting while pissed is about as smart as DUI. His latest dig at orfeo on the Russian anti-gay bill thread however was posted mid-afternoon. Maybe too good a lunch?
Ta. Hadn't seen that yet. Unimaginative and fairly predictable, but then indifferently hasn't shown the slightest flicker of creativity anywhere.

The bit about being different from Phelps because Phelps doesn't believe the 39 Articles was amazingly obtuse, wasn't it.

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Evensong
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He was rather spot on about modesty tho.

Can I brag too? Even tho I'm not gay? Or is it only gay people that are awesome? [Razz]

[ 24. June 2013, 06:58: Message edited by: Evensong ]

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quote:
Originally posted by David:
quote:
Originally posted by Barnabas62:
I wondered about the troll theory, mostly because when I first read his stuff it didn't really gel all that well with the 1662 BCP Anglicans I know. But I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Interesting thought. Different type of lunatic?
Practising my PC language mode, David; even in Hell. (Which makes me kind of sad too. But you never know when it might come in useful these days)

Good to see you back, Shipmate.

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To be honest, I'm quite surprised this thread took so long to appear.

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Amos

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Whatever his age (and I take the info on people's profiles with a large grain of salt*), I think Indifferently is a wind-up merchant**. His persona*** is that of a complete asshat****, and I'd contend that someone who goes to such trouble to portray themselves as a tedious bigot may well be one IRL*****.

*'with a...grain of salt': with some skepticism
**'wind-up merchant': someone taking the piss
***'persona': the role taken by an actor
****'asshat': one whose head is stuck so far up their own fundament that he or she is wearing their buttocks as a hat. Favourite epithet of Erin, may she rest in peace.
*****'IRL': In real life.

[ 24. June 2013, 09:12: Message edited by: Amos ]

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My main meeting with Indif was on the Phelps thread. Interestingly, his reasons for not being like Phelps were that he believes in the 39 articles, and infant baptism. Neither of which Jesus would have accepted.

He is clearly an Anglianist, not a Christian. He is also so utterly outraged at everything that suggests his beloved CofE is fucked down the fucking drain that I suspect he will die along with it.

Good fucking riddance.

RIP. Dipship.

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quote:
Originally posted by no prophet:
quote:
Originally posted by Amos:
It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

Means he's a drunk or is peeing around here, though the way you wrote it is strange. We normally say taking a piss for peeing, and being pissed for drunk. What do you mean by it? Posting when drunk?
In the UK, 'taking the piss' is a perfectly normal expression for 'taking the mickey', 'winding someone up' etc. Sometimes people play around with the phrase: 'extracting the urine'. If one is 'taking the piss out of someone else' that means you're making fun out of them. Absolutely regular normal UK phrase.

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I've heard of rabid Anglicans, but thought it must be a misprint, but lo, no, it is so.

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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
He is also so utterly outraged at everything that suggests his beloved CofE is fucked down the fucking drain that I suspect he will die along with it.

We are not fucked down the fucking drain.

And I tell you, you are Anglican and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.


Besides, we're a catchpool for disillusioned conservative fundies that aren't quite ready to give up their faith. Plenty of scope there.

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quote:
Originally posted by fletcher christian:
To be honest, I'm quite surprised this thread took so long to appear.

Though, there are two existing Hell calls for other things that Indifferently has posted. Not many people manage 3 active Hell calls at the same time.

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quote:
Originally posted by Evensong:
He was rather spot on about modesty tho.

Can I brag too? Even tho I'm not gay? Or is it only gay people that are awesome? [Razz]

There are plenty of awesome straight people in this world. But you haven't provided much evidence that you're one of them.

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quote:
Originally posted by orfeo:
There are plenty of awesome straight people in this world. But you haven't provided much evidence that you're one of them.

"much"?

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Probably don't need the qualifier for Evensong, but we'll try to keep this on Indifferently, shall we? For now, anyway.

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This may be an IM from the '70s, but I believe the canonical form is, "Straights can be awesome, but only gay people can be Fabulous."
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Probably don't need the qualifier for Evensong, but we'll try to keep this on Indifferently, shall we? For now, anyway.

Point ta'en

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[tangent]
An ad just popped up next to this thread -- "4 Ways to Awesomeness."
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quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
[tangent]
An ad just popped up next to this thread -- "4 Ways to Awesomeness."
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Is "turn off advertising in your browser" one of them?

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Haha!

I just got an ad for "sewage treatment experts"!

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Some Shippies are prone to the belief that Anglicans get off lightly round these parts. Personally, I feel utterly besmirched by the association.

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no prophet's flag is set so...

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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
quote:
Originally posted by no prophet:
quote:
Originally posted by Amos:
It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

Means he's a drunk or is peeing around here, though the way you wrote it is strange. We normally say taking a piss for peeing, and being pissed for drunk. What do you mean by it? Posting when drunk?
Oh, FFS, let's turn this thread into another discussion of different forms of English. NOT.

Google it, you fucktard.

No one should have to google to understand something written in English.

And given my well-known sensitivity to this word which I have raised enough times to drive people to go get pissed and then piss themselves, I'll refrain from calling you a crippletard.

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quote:
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No one should have to google to understand something written in English.

What? You mean every English speaker in the world should have memorized the whole of the vocabulary of both words and phrases? Are you mad?

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quote:
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Originally posted by no prophet:
No one should have to google to understand something written in English.

What? You mean every English speaker in the world should have memorized the whole of the vocabulary of both words and phrases? Are you mad?
Obvious slang that doesn't play everywhere. We're in hell where we can apparently chew gnarf.

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quote:
Originally posted by no prophet:
Obvious slang that doesn't play everywhere.

1. You have now moved the goalposts.

2. I have no idea how much of my slang plays everywhere. How much easier for you just to google a fucking phrase than for each of us to determine, for every slang term we use, where and where not it's used.

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Originally posted by PeteC:
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Originally posted by no prophet:
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Originally posted by Amos:
It's my impression that he is a youth taking the piss.

Means he's a drunk or is peeing around here, though the way you wrote it is strange. We normally say taking a piss for peeing, and being pissed for drunk. What do you mean by it? Posting when drunk?
Oh, FFS, let's turn this thread into another discussion of different forms of English. NOT.

Google it, you fucktard.

No one should have to google to understand something written in English.

I learned just how wrong that is very early in my hosting career. On the other hand you get to choose whether to follow a thread, so if there's something that escapes your encyclopaedic knowledge, you can look it up. Haven't you ever had to use a dictionary?
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And given my well-known sensitivity to this word which I have raised enough times to drive people to go get pissed and then piss themselves, I'll refrain from calling you a crippletard.

If you're sensitive to a word and let people know you feel that way about it then, in Hell especially, guess what word they will use? Go on, I'm sure even you can work this out.

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quote:
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And given my well-known sensitivity to this word which I have raised enough times to drive people to go get pissed and then piss themselves, I'll refrain from calling you a crippletard.

My theory is that 'fucktard' is not a contraction of anything. It belongs to the family of bastard/laggard/coward/dastard/blackguard. Strictly, it should be 'fuckard' - but a really effective expletive needs a consonantal spine - hence the 't'.

But no prophet in this matter is a diehard, not to mention dullard.

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Also connects with 'retard', as in 'creotard', or is it 'creatard'?

So, 'tard' is a bit like 'gate', although so far, less productive.

Hence, "'creotardgate' scandal rocks Governor's mansion."

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First 3 hits with "fucktard" in the displayed link within the non-tracking non-google-search engine ixquick.com do not support the argument advanced above:

http://www.chattingwords.com/definition/what-is-fucktard.htm

http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/fucktard

http://www.chattingwords.com/definition/what-is-fucktard.htm

You might also find this article informative, even though some of you apparently already know it all: Man with Down's syndrome responsed to 'retard', Macleans magazine

Having spent some time recently at the Special Olympics in Saskatoon, yes I am a dullard about this.

You can dress it up as you want, but fucktard means fucking retard and insults some people as badly as nigger would others. Where I live, either would get you punched of you said it outloud, and a human rights complaint when possible.

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You've posted that stuff often enough to be a crusader.

Fucktard.

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I get the Hell thing and the ha-ha. But I had thought better of you Pete.
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Really, you've never given that impression before.

Or is this more of a passive aggressive attempt to change his mind ?

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It wouldn't work,anyway. I may be crippled, but he's still a fucktard.

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